WE'RE FEELING ON TOP OF THE WORLD

THE wonder of Wembley can alter the hearts and minds of the best of men – just ask Romford boss Dan Spinks.

- Andy Mitchell

He began the week with promotion top of his priority list but headed to Wembley on the back of defeat in the Essex Senior League play-off final, losing the league cup final just two days later.

However, a first look around the home of football quickly banished those memories as attention turned to an FA Vase showpiece that was, in truth, won at a canter against league rivals Great Wakering Rovers.

All of a sudden, Spinks and his boys were on top of the world – and he wouldn’t swap the results.

“I would have done beforehand,” he told The NLP. “If someone had said on Monday that we could win the play-off and lose here, I would have taken it, but not now.